Italy City Zoning Code
§ 17 “R-1
RETAIL DISTRICT - 1.
17.1
General Purpose and Description:
The “R-1”, Retail District is intended for neighborhood shopping facilities which provide limited business service and office facilities predominantly for the convenience of residents of the community[.]
17.2
Permitted Uses:
1.
Antique shop, enclosed (no outside display or storage)
2.
Apparel and other products assembled from finished textiles
3.
Auto parts and accessories, new
4.
Bakery or confection shop, retail
5.
Banks, Savings and Loans, or other financial institutions
6.
Barber or beauty shop
7.
Book, camera or card shop
8.
Church or rectory
9.
Cleaning and laundry pickup station
10.
Clinic, medical or dental
11.
Clothing and apparel store
12.
Commercial radio or television transmitting tower
13.
Day nursery, day camp or child care center.
14.
Discount, variety or department store
15.
Drapery, needlework or weaving shop
16.
Drugstore
17.
Electrical transmission lines and substations
18.
Florist shop
19.
Food or convenience store
20.
Furniture and appliance sales
21.
Garden shop and plant sales, inside
22.
Gasoline service station or car care center
23.
Handicraft or hobby store
24.
Health studio
25.
Hospital
26.
Hotel or motel
27.
Key shop or locksmith
28.
Laboratory, medical or dental
29.
Laundry or dry cleaning, self-service
30.
Letter, mimeograph and printing shop - retail only
31.
Lodge or fraternal organization
32.
Mobile food unit, subject to the provisions in Chapter 14A, Section 23.10 and in Chapter 4, Article 4.07
33.
Motion picture theater, indoor
34.
Municipally operated public buildings
35.
Nursing home or residence home for aged
36.
Office, general
37.
Optical shop
38.
Paint, wallpaper and hardware
39.
Pawnshop
40.
Personal service shop
41.
Photography or art studio, or studio for music, dance, drama or speech
42.
Restaurant or cafeteria
43.
School, private or public
44.
Sewage pumping or lift station
45.
Shoe repair
46.
Shopping Center
47.
Studio, broadcasting and recording
48.
Telephone exchange, switching and transmitting equipment
49.
Telephone or utility business office
50.
Tool rental (inside only)
51.
Veterinarian office, no hospital (no outside kennels or pens)
52.
Water reservoirs, pumping plants and wells
17.3
Height Regulations:
Maximum Height - Fifty feet (50') or three (3) stories; except cooling towers, roof gables, chimneys, vent stacks, or mechanical equipment rooms may project, not to exceed twelve feet (12') beyond maximum building height
17.4
Area Regulations:
A.
Size of Yards:
1.
Minimum Front Yard -
Twenty-five feet (25')
2.
Minimum Side Yard -
Twenty-five feet (25')
3.
Minimum Rear Yard -
Twenty feet (20')
B.
Size of Lot:
1.
Minimum Lot Area -
Seven thousand (7,000) square feet
2.
Minimum Lot Width -
Sixty feet (60')
3.
Minimum Lot Depth -
N/A
C.
Maximum Lot Coverage:
Forty percent (40%)
D.
Parking Regulations:
One (1) space per two hundred (200) square feet of gross leasable floor area for uses not identified in Section 22, Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
E.
Other Regulations:
As established by Sections 23, 24, and 25
17.5
Type of Exterior Construction:
All sides of structures adjacent to a public street shall be eighty percent (80%) masonry exterior exclusive of doors and windows. Glass or stucco may be considered in place of masonry. Wood exterior elevations may be approved for restaurants and retail structures by appeal to the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council of Italy, Texas. Sides of buildings not adjacent to a public street shall be fifty percent (50%) glass or masonry[.]
17.6
A provision for the Retail District is hereby authorized for the sale of used cars provided the property is adjacent to a state or interstate highway, and also provided that there never be more than twenty (20) cars on the car lot for sale at any one time.
Editor’s note–Ord. 031018 amended the zoning ordinance by adding provisions allowing used car sales in the Retail District, but did not specify the numbering of such provisions. Inclusion as subsection 17.6 was at the discretion of the editor.
(Ordinance 173 adopted 6/7/88; Ordinance 031018 adopted 10/14/03; Ordinance 090112, sec. 3, adopted 1/22/09; Ordinance 2024-1014-01 adopted 10/14/2024)
